Chicago social worker Anjanette Young is endorsing Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson to unseat Mayor Lori Lightfoot, she announced Tuesday.
Anjanette Young speaks to reporters 2021 about her lawsuit against the city of Chicago over a bungled police raid at her home two years earlier.
“Brandon Johnson is someone I believe in because he supports things that matter to me as it relates to safety in our communities, police accountability and policies for more mental health services around the city,” Ms. Young said. “And he is committed to making sure the trauma I endured at the hands of the police four years ago never happens to anyone again.
“A federal judge put rules in place,” Lightfoot said. “It’s for that judge to determine whether or not that was appropriate.”
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